A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
Indira Gandhi
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
Indira Gandhi
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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
Indira Gandhi
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
Indira Gandhi
Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.
Indira Gandhi
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If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
Indira Gandhi
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
Indira Gandhi
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My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
Indira Gandhi
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My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.
Indira Gandhi
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My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.
Indira Gandhi
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
Indira Gandhi
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There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
Indira Gandhi
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
Indira Gandhi
15
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi
